Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi co-chaired the Third China-Pacific Island Countries Foreign Ministers' Meeting with Kiribati's President and Foreign Minister Taneti Maamau on Wednesday in Xiamen, east China's Fujian Province.
Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said that this year marks the 50th anniversary of the beginning of diplomatic relations between China and the Pacific Island countries, and noted that China has always regarded the Pacific Island countries as its good friends, partners and brothers.
Wang said that under the strategic guidance of their leaders, the comprehensive strategic partnership between China and the Pacific Island countries has shown new vitality, achieved new accomplishments and reached a new level.
Wang made a six-point suggestion on building a China-Pacific Island countries community with a shared future: upholding mutual respect, prioritizing development cooperation, maintaining people-centered governance, promoting exchange and mutual learning, safeguarding equity and justice, and maintaining solidarity in challenging times.
Wang said that China firmly believes that peace, development, cooperation and mutual benefits are the only correct choices when faced with profound changes in the world, and the trajectory of history.
The foreign ministers from the Pacific Island countries expressed their gratitude to China for its valuable support over a long period of time. They emphasized that their cooperation with China is based on mutual respect, mutual trust, mutual understanding and sovereign equality, and that it has been the independent decision of these island countries, conforms to their own fundamental interests, and is conducive to maintaining regional peace, stability, development and prosperity.
They unanimously reaffirmed their commitment to the one-China principle, noting that they are looking forward to deepening cooperation with China on infrastructure, climate change and green development, to promoting the high-quality joint construction of the Belt and Road, and to working together to build a peaceful, prosperous Pacific region.
All parties at the meeting unanimously adopted the "Joint Statement of the Third China-Pacific Island Countries Foreign Ministers' Meeting."
Foreign ministers from China, Pacific Island countries meet in Xiamen
Foreign ministers from China, Pacific Island countries meet in Xiamen
